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Old 12-13-2013, 08:04 AM
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I believe you can swap out the motor that runs the blend door if you pull off the Driver side knee bloster and most of the center console. But the blend door itself is almost accessable in this picture:

 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:10 AM
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Motor itself works codes for blockage sorry so broke off track or blocked but no way other then dash removal
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:12 AM
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Yea I think my picture tells the story. If there is really something wrong with the blend door, you have to go another hour past that picture to get that whole HVAC box out of there.
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:15 AM
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That's what I thought but before my whole incident I had decent heat and now I don't it's just odd you think after new rad water pump thermostat and flush it would be burning do you think maybe there is just a a bundance of **** in the heater core and the coolant flows in and out but just flows around the blockages?
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:21 AM
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I don't think you know yet. You drove it for what......one or two heat cycles since you got a good stat in there? On my 99.5 I can show the water temp on the Climate control. Even after that hits 90C, I notice the heat from the vents still rises for another 15 minutes or so before it's really hot. I think you need to drive it more before you decide it's still broken.
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:27 AM
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Ok ya only 2nd drive first was
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 08:29 AM
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Only from the shop to my house and that was all I'll check see if it burped and needs coolant
 
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Old 12-13-2013, 06:15 PM
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Ok so driving home from work heat working great running steady at halfway and then all of a sudden smelt coolant and the resv is overflowing. Temp was steady not overheating
 
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Old 12-14-2013, 09:21 AM
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Ouch. This thing is going all over the place now. That seems more like a head gasket symptom. When the resevoir overflows when the temp is not that hot, either the cap on the resevoir has gone bad, or you're getting exhaust pressure blowing into the coolant. I'd swap out the tank cap and/or get a sniffer test to check for exhaust in the coolant.
 
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Old 12-14-2013, 11:10 AM
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It does it when it's at half way I swap bottle and cap with a spare one I'll see how it goes
 


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